Can a bot "tag" (@mention) a user?

[john...@gmail.com]

Is it possible to have a bot (https://dev.groupme.com/bots) @mention a user in the room so that user gets a notification?

I tried using "@user" in the text parameter of the bot, but no notification was generated.

[David Yeu]

It is possible, but the "mentions" attachment is currently undocumented (simply adding @user in the text isn't sufficient).

We're planning on documenting it soon, and in the meantime, I'd recommend taking a look at existing messages to pick apart the format. 

Dave

On Wednesday, July 8, 2015, <john...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is it possible to have a bot (https://dev.groupme.com/bots) @mention a user in the room so that user gets a notification?

I tried using "@user" in the text parameter of the bot, but no notification was generated.

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[John Luetke]

Thanks Dave. I got it to work when posting a message via curl from my personal account.

However, does this also apply for bot accounts using the /bots/post endpoint? The documentation makes no mention about there being an "attachments" property in that payload.

[aatk...@salesmakersinc.com]

Hi John,

   I can tell you from experience that the bots can post attachments. I have posted images using bots before. However, I've never tried a mention. I am guessing that it's possible, however, since the other attachment types are available. I would suppose it would be something like this:

{

  "bot_id": "12345678901234567890",

  "text": "Text for @John",

  "attachments": [

    {

      "type": "mentions",

      "user_ids": [1234567890],

      "loci": [

        [9, 5]

      ]

    }

  ]

}

I believe the first numbers in the "loci" arrays are the start of the mention (0-indexed), and the second number is the length of the mention (starting from 1). As I said, I have not tried it, but assume it would work. :)

[Kevin Ayers]

Dave,

Any chance that the documentation for this ever got made?

-Kevin

On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 1:21:13 PM UTC-4, Dave (GroupMe) wrote:

It is possible, but the "mentions" attachment is currently undocumented (simply adding @user in the text isn't sufficient).

We're planning on documenting it soon, and in the meantime, I'd recommend taking a look at existing messages to pick apart the format. 

Dave

On Wednesday, July 8, 2015, <john...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is it possible to have a bot (https://dev.groupme.com/bots) @mention a user in the room so that user gets a notification?

I tried using "@user" in the text parameter of the bot, but no notification was generated.

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